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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Haleakala National Park" }, "options": [ "Ho'okipa Beach Park", "Ohe'o Gulch Pools", "Town of Hana", "Haleakala National Park" ], "question": "If you are afraid of water and want to have fun at dawn , you can po...	When visiting Maui , one of the most beautiful islands in the world , there are so many attractions for you . HALEAKALA Mt. Haleakala towers 10,023 feet high and is one of the two volcanoes that created this incredible Hawaiian isle . Haleakala National Park offers a variety of activities , making it one of the most re...	high19000.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "To have less food and take more exercise." }, "options": [ "To have operation to cut extra fat.", "To take pills and avoid fatty food.", "To sleep less to burn more calories.", "To have less food and take more exercise....	Eat less and exercise more--it has long been a magic word for reducing those extra weight. But now it seems that all the hard work may have been in vain. Scientists say there are ten other reasons why people just keep getting bigger. They say that sleeping habits, central heating, medicines and even some pollutants c...	high20859.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "It was on show at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1930." }, "options": [ "It won a prize of 300 pounds.", "The two characters in it posed before the White House.", "It was the first painting by Grant Wood.", "It was on ...	Grant Wood's American Gothic caused a stir in 1930 when it was exhibited for the first time at the Art Institute of Chicago and awarded a prize of 300 dollars. Newspapers across the country carried the story, and the painting of a farmer and a younger woman posed before a white house brought the artist instant fame. In...	high12155.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "was walking towards his car with his friend" }, "options": [ "was in his late thirties", "served as a car repairman", "had much money in his pocket", "was walking towards his car with his friend" ], "question": ...	I was at a dance club when I was nineteen. One day my new friend walked with me to my car. It was a very cold night. As we were walking to my car, a man walked up to us. Behind him was a woman pushing _ with a child inside who was about 2 years old. The child had only a jacket on and it wasn'tzipped . The man began to...	high22096.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Because they had little knowledge about the functioning of the body." }, "options": [ "Because magic was an inseparable part of their life.", "Because they had little knowledge about the functioning of the body.", "Because th...	Attempts to understand the relationship between social behavior and health have their origin in history. Dubos (1969) suggested that primitive humans were closer to the animals because they, too, relied upon their instincts to stay healthy. Yet some primitive humans recognized a cause and effect relationship between do...	high6063.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "had a small number of students" }, "options": [ "had a small number of students", "had no celebrations", "had advanced teaching equipment", "had a small playground" ], "question": "According to the text, the sch...	My school stood in a big square playground in southeastern South Dakota. One teacher taught all grades, first through eighth. Most grades had only two or three students. Our school day started with the flag pledge . Then the teacher called one grade at a time to the recitation bench beside her desk. She'd check our wor...	high14524.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Positive." }, "options": [ "Tolerant.", "Conservative.", "Positive.", "Doubtful." ], "question": "What's Dr Flatley's attitude towards the technology?", "question_type": null } ]	Every baby born a decade from now will have its genetic code mapped at birth, the head of the worlds' leading genome sequencing company has predicted. A complete DNA read - out for every newborn will be technically possible and affordable in less than five years, promising a revolution in healthcare, says Jay Flatl...	high22928.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Northanger Abbey and Persuasion." }, "options": [ "Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park.", "Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.", "Pride and Prejudice and Emma.", "Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion." ], "question...	JANE AUSTEN(1775--1817)is often regarded as the greatest of English women novelists on the strength of her six completed novels.Known particularly for their social comedy and accurate description of human relationships,they are still as widely read today as they have ever been. The seventh child of a country priest ,Ja...	high6705.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "To see the Statue of Liberty." }, "options": [ "To enjoy roast Beijing duck.", "To taste the finest French coqauvin.", "To spend an evening with Beethoven.", "To see the Statue of Liberty." ], "question": "Which...	If you're looking for the place that has everything, there's only one place to visit, and that's New York. It's a whole world in a city. The World of Theatre: All of New York is a stage. And it begins with Broadway. Where else can you find so many hit shows in one place? Only in New York! The World of Music: Spend an e...	high14242.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Because it meets teens' need of belonging." }, "options": [ "Because it is popular with teens.", "Because it meets teens' need of belonging.", "Because it is where teens can be themselves.", "Because it provides an oppo...	A clique(,) is a group of friends who hang out together and act in similar ways. Cliques are common feature of the teen years. Members of a clique usually have certain things in common. For example, they might all be good students. Membership in a clique is limited. Not everyone who wants to belong can join. Cliques ca...	high9436.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "peer pressure exists among people of all age groups" }, "options": [ "peer pressure does kids more harm than good", "math is the most difficult subject for most kids", "kids today are under greater pressure than before", ...	Come on! All of us are cutting math. Who wants to take that quiz? We're going to take a walk and get lunch instead. Let's go!" says the coolest kid in your class. Do you do what you know is right and go to math class, take the quiz? Or do you give in and go with them? People who are at your age, like your classmates, a...	high8728.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Countries must learn to share water fairly." }, "options": [ "Water conflicts can arise in poor and dry areas.", "Countries must learn to share water fairly.", "What caused water conflicts.", "Water consumption is incre...	Countries must learn to share water fairly if they are to prevent warring over water as population growth and climate change make it ever more scarce. Farming uses 70 percent of the fresh water taken from the world's lakes and rivers and need from farms is set to increase by 14 percent in the next 30 years. Water confl...	high17993.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "She fed, groomed, and rode her horses at the stables." }, "options": [ "She visited the state website list of parades.", "She took part in parades.", "She fed, groomed, and rode her horses at the stables.", "She spent w...	Renee had been married for a long, long time. Her favorite part of being married was the weekend, when she was with her two horses. On the weekend, Renee was at the stables from morning until dark. She fed, groomed, and rode her horses. She was an excellent rider. She would ride the horses bareback on Saturday, and th...	high4112.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Moon's gravity or Earth rotation" }, "options": [ "Earth rotation", "gravity from the Earth", "gravity from the Moon", "Moon's gravity or Earth rotation" ], "question": "According to the passage, there would be ...	Many people have wondered what makes the oceans rise and fall on the word's beaches twice a day. Those tides are caused by the force of the Moon's gravity and the rotation of the Earth. Gravity acts on the center of any solid object. The Earth is mostly molten rock, but compared to the oceans, we can think of it as a...	high19766.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "the public should bear famous people's mistakes" }, "options": [ "the public should bear famous people's mistakes", "the public should be especially strict with famous people", "the media shouldn't only satisfy the public's d...	To the Editor, Re Why a Fallen Angel Is a Centerfold (Sunday Review, Nov. 6): I first met Lindsay Lohan in 1997 when she was 11 and I was the casting director of the film The Parent Trap. I was struck by her talent, fresh charm and innocence the moment I caught sight of her. She was, and remains, a gifted actress an...	high18478.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "To improve the present living conditions." }, "options": [ "To earn more money and gain awards.", "To be recorded by some special companies.", "To improve the present living conditions.", "To meet the new demands of new...	Human beings are the most intelligent of all animals because we are gifted with the ability to think and reason logically. Scientists and even common people with special intelligence have made a lot of inventions and contributions to modern lifestyle in the past. "Houses" have been the most popular area for discoveries...	high2563.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "To describe how cyclists are supported in the Netherlands." }, "options": [ "To explain why in Holland cycling isn't eco-friendly.", "To describe how cyclists are supported in the Netherlands.", "To inform us of important cyc...	In the Netherlands,cycling isn't seen as an eco-friendly exercise; it's part of everyday life, as it's people's top choice to school and work. "There are more bicycles than residents in the Netherlands. In cities like Amsterdam and The Hague, up to 70 percent of all journeys are made by bike," said BBC. So how did cyc...	high17987.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "is short of important nutrients" }, "options": [ "is often small in size", "can produce more than enough crops for Africans", "is short of important nutrients", "has got the attention of scientists around the world" ...	Studies show farmland in Africa is often lacking in important nutrients. But researchers say combining different farming methods may help. Since the world food crisis several years ago, researchers have directed more of their attention to small farms. Most farms in areas south of the Sahara Desert are only about one or...	high16441.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Edith's appearance prevents Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon from having a conflict." }, "options": [ "Timmie fails to get used to the life in his own time.", "Edith's appearance prevents Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon from having a conflict...	Have you read The Ugly Little Boy? Well, here is the plot. A Neanderthal child is brought to the present day as a result of time travel experiments. Edith Fellowes, a children's nurse is asked to take care of him. She is at first driven back by his appearance, but soon begins to consider him as her own child, learns to...	high19772.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Be with her." }, "options": [ "Take notes.", "Be with her.", "Buy medicine.", "Give her gifts." ], "question": "What are you advised to do for your mother at doctor's visits?", "question_type": "factiod_ques...	Low-Cost Gifts for Mother's Day Gift No. I Offer to be your mother's health friend. Promise to be there for any and all doctor's visits whether a disease or a regular medical check-up. Most mothers always say "no need," another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctor's visit. The best part ? This one is ...	high4106.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "laughter can be tolerated" }, "options": [ "smiling does good to health", "laughter can be tolerated", "there is a way to reduce pain", "laughter can work the muscles in the feet" ], "question": "Doctors have pr...	There is an English saying :"laughter is best medicine ."Until recently ,few people took the saying seriously .Now however ,doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body .They have found that laughter really can improve people's health . Tests were carried out to study the effects of...	high2577.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Learned, independent and strict." }, "options": [ "Learned, independent and strict.", "Positive, simple and graceful.", "Hardworking, dependent and tough.", "Kind, determined and lonely." ], "question": "Which o...	When it came to role models, Diana Ortiz said her mother, Marcia Dominguez, was the "hero". Ms. Dominguez came to the United States from Cuba in 1979. She went to college and got a job as a social worker --- all the while raising three children in America mostly on her own. "It was always school first," Diana said, "My...	high10030.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Unpleasant comments about another person aren't a \"safe\" topic." }, "options": [ "Small talk only happens between strangers.", "When people feel lonely, they will start small talk.", "Unpleasant comments about another perso...	People with many different relationships use small talk. The most common types of people to use small talk are those who do not know each other at all. It is also common for people who are only acquaintances , often called a "friend of a friend", to use small talk. There are certain "safe" topics that people usually m...	high13539.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The Caribbean is a place where hurricanes occur often." }, "options": [ "There were no hurricanes two centuries ago.", "The Caribbean is a state of the United States.", "The Caribbean is a place where hurricanes occur often."...	For more than two days in September 1974, the people of Honduras shut their windows, locked their doors and covered in their homes. Fifi was outside, and they were frightened. By the time Fifi had left, 8,000 people were dead, Fifi wasn't a pet dog as the name suggests. It was a hurricane, one of the most destructive n...	high6711.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "shocked" }, "options": [ "shocked", "delighted", "excited", "attracted" ], "question": "Guo Fenglian was _ at the sight of the modern equipment in harvesting when she visited the US in 1978.", "question_...	FROM 1964 to 1978, Dazhai, with a population of 500, was the most famous village in China. Millions of Chinese came to the Shanxi village to visit its terraced fields and "splendid" irrigation systems. It was not until 1978 when Guo Fenglian, head of the village, paid a visit to the US that China's model village foun...	high9422.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "He traveled a lot when he was a young child." }, "options": [ "He was a pilot in the Royal Air Force.", "He went to eight different schools in Africa.", "He was encouraged to write by his father and stepfather.", "He tr...	Philip Pullman spent a great deal of his childhood traveling abroad because both his father and stepfather were pilots in the Royal Air Force . As a child, he went on several long ocean voyages, and he lived in Africa and in Australia. "Before I was 11 I had been to eight different schools." "In Australia, I made a gre...	high14256.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "do some repairs" }, "options": [ "do some research", "do some repairs", "be in memory to Columbia shuttle.", "build a space station." ], "question": "The US space shuttle Discovery was sent up mainly to _ .",...	The year 2006 was a busy one for space and technology workers. A planet lost its status and space flights caught the imagination of people around the world. The following is a short list of the major events of the year: _ IBM has built a chip that runs about 100 times faster than the ones we have now. The development ...	high7369.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "An insect." }, "options": [ "A small animal.", "An insect.", "A bird.", "A giant." ], "question": "What is an ant?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, ...	There was once an ant that was very thirsty. It ran here and there looking for some water but could not find any. Then suddenly, when the ant was almost ready to die of thirst, a large drop of water fell on it. The ant drank the water, which saved its life. The water was actually a tear from a young girl who was crying...	high22082.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "got flu shots at the flu season" }, "options": [ "got flu shots after they were ill", "got flu shots before they were ill", "got flu shots at the flu season", "got flu shots whenever convenient" ], "question": "...	Researchers conducting a study of hospital stays for over two hundred and eighty six thousand older folks found something interesting in their data. The number of hospitalizations for heart disease and stroke went down significantly among a certain group of people at a certain time of year. What folks, and what time of...	high6077.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Excited." }, "options": [ "Disappointed.", "Excited.", "Worried.", "Proud." ], "question": "How did the author feel when receiving the handwritten letter?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { ...	What's this by my door? A handwritten letter from am old university friend. It stands out among the bills and junk mail like gold. Given its rareness, the Government should be praised for announcing that the new secondary school should include lessons that teach students how to write personal and business letters in th...	high9344.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "be clear about their main ideas" }, "options": [ "express their personal views", "be clear about their main ideas", "be honest about their true feelings", "give as much information as possible" ], "question": "A...	To understand how Americans think about things, it is necessary to understand "the point". Americans mention it often: "Let's get right to the point." They will say, "My point is..." "What's the point of all this?" The "point" is the idea or piece of information that Americans suppose is, or should be, at the center of...	high14530.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "when he was going to return." }, "options": [ "soon after he started working in Edinburgh .", "when he got engaged to his sweet-heart .", "after her marriage.", "when he was going to return." ], "question": "The...	A group of travelers were having dinner in a restaurant .While they were eating fish, they began to tell stories about finding valuable stones inside fish . An old man ,who had listened to their conversation quietly ,said at last ,"Now I'm going to tell you a true story of my own .When I was young ,I worked in a large ...	high1718.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "60 years old" }, "options": [ "50 year old", "60 years old", "70 years old", "80 years old" ], "question": "According to the survey, many Chinese people surveyed feel old before they are _ .", "question_t...	A recent survey made by BUPA, an international healthcare provider, shows that 54 percent of Chinese people aged between 45 and 54 consider themselves old, while 28 percent say that the thought of getting old upsets them. 25 percent are afraid of getting old, and a third worry about life in old age. BUPA made the surve...	high2211.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "the strict headmaster" }, "options": [ "the writer's teacher", "a serious old man", "the strict headmaster", "a naughty boy" ], "question": "\"Mr Ghastly\" must be _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions"...	After an absence of thirty years, I decided to visit my old school again. I had expected to find changes, but not a completely different building. As I walked up the school drive, I wondered for a moment if I had come to the right address. The dirty red brick houses had been swept away. In its place stood a bright, mod...	high10756.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "By picking up and moving challenging articles." }, "options": [ "By using chopsticks before all the teachers.", "By writing a paper about chopsticks.", "By picking up and moving challenging articles.", "By being asked t...	TOKYO--Applicants to a private high school for girls in Sasebo in southern Nagasaki Prefecture will be asked lo hold and move various small objects including beans and marbles with chopsticks as part of the entrance exam. "This is simply one factor to assess whether these girls can handle chopsticks correctly, which...	high20695.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Web users would never pay for the websites" }, "options": [ "companies on the Internet would earn a lot of money", "Web users would never pay for the websites", "it was impossible to visit websites for free", "all the c...	The idea of micropayments--- charging Web users tiny amounts of money for single pieces of online content--- was basically put to sleep toward the end of the dot-com boom. In December 2000, Clay Shirky, a professor in New York University's interactive telecommunications program , wrote a manifesto that people still ...	high17039.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Glastonbury Festival" }, "options": [ "Download Festival", "Latitude Festival", "Shrewsbury Folk Festival", "Glastonbury Festival" ], "question": "Which festival is one of the oldest festivals in the UK?", "...	Glastonbury Festival: Time and place: 22nd~26th June, Pilton, Somerse. Recognized as the best summer festival season, Glastonbury is one of the biggest and oldest festivals in the UK. Last year's 40th anniversary was their best ever, even though the supergroup U2 canceled last minute because of Bono injuring his back. ...	high19014.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "ask your money back ." }, "options": [ "ask your money back .", "learn it again for free.", "change your teacher .", "ask Dr.Pimsleur for help." ], "question": "If you can not speak a foreign language in ten day...	How You Can Learn a Language in Only 10 Days Most people recognize the many benefits of learning a foreign language: You can travel to foreign countries and feel comfortable, be a more productive and attractive employee in today's competitive job market, and immerse yourself in the vast cultures around the world. In a...	high4660.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "wildlife of all kinds returning to large cities to live" }, "options": [ "wildlife of all kinds returning to large cities to live", "falcons in New York , Baltimore , Philadelphia , and Norfolk", "moose running into glass doo...	One thing the tour books don't tell you about London is that 2,000 of its residents are foxes , which fled the city about centuries ago after developers and pollution moved in . But now that the environment is cleaner , the foxes have come home , one of the many wild animals that have moved into urban areas around the ...	high12169.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "he was a driver and had a lot of work to do" }, "options": [ "he was a worker", "he worked in a factory", "he was a driver and had a lot of work to do", "he had worked there for a long time" ], "question": "Mr. ...	Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling and he learned it soon. So he...	high15606.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "they use the fishing ways, which destroy the coral reefs" }, "options": [ "they defend their rights of mining the coral reefs too eagerly", "they wake up too late to realize the terrible situation", "they use the fishing ways...	Indonesia's coral reefs are in trouble. Coral mining, Industrial pollution and poisonous agricultural runoff all play a role in their destruction, but the fishermen have been the worst offenders. They not only bomb fish but also poison them with cyanide, an equally destructive practice. The fishermen are also among th...	high7341.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "When an ant dies, it can tell others using a certain chemical." }, "options": [ "Living ants can also be taken away when they are not moving.", "When an ant dies, it can tell others using a certain chemical.", "A living ant c...	When an ant dies, other ants take it out of the nest, often within an hour after its death. This behavior interests scientists and they wonder how ants know for sure--and so soon--that another ant is dead. One scientist recently came up with a way to explain this ant behaviour. Dong-Hwan Choe is a biologist, a scientis...	high1730.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "a kind of sea animal" }, "options": [ "a kind of sea animal", "some poisonous animals", "scientists' research into box jellyfish", "the relationship between humans and jellyfish" ], "question": "The text is main...	Box jellyfish are the most poisonous marine animals known to man. They measure 3 meters long and weigh up to 2 kilograms. They are pale blue and transparent in color, and get their name from the cube--like shape of their body, Box jellyfish have 6 eyes on all 4 sides of their body, although it is uncertain how they pr...	high13277.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "remember words and their meanings" }, "options": [ "put together words of similar meanings", "remember words and their meanings", "show their knowledge of words", "make up lists of related words" ], "question": ...	Scientists say they now have proof to support the old-fashioned advice that it's best to sleep on a problem. They say sleep strengthens the memory and helps the brain organize the masses of information we receive each day. Lead researcher Bob Stickgold at the Harvard Medical School said, "Sleep helps us draw rules from...	high4890.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "They do not have scientific basis." }, "options": [ "They are pearls of wisdom", "They help us live in healthy ways", "They are well-known theories.", "They do not have scientific basis." ], "question": "What do...	"Hey, don't read in the hallway. Your eyesight will be damaged." You must have heard such warnings many times. Don't read in dim light! This is one of the "pearls of wisdom" that are supposed to help us live a healthy life. Such common beliefs, however, lack scientific basis, according to a paper published recently in...	high2239.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "If you get something free, you will not treasure it." }, "options": [ "Athletes are too proud to give up.", "Gain is necessary for getting your pain.", "If you get something free, you will not treasure it.", "The author...	It was a beautiful summer afternoon. I happened to be at a local Walmart picking up some stuff for my wife when I laid my eyes on two young ladies. They were walking confidently, with their heads held high, which made me believe that they were involved in some kind of competitive sport. They were wearingT-shirts, at th...	high18322.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "After her birthday." }, "options": [ "On her birthday.", "After her birthday.", "Before Barbara and Mary left.", "As soon as she telephone her friends." ], "question": "When did Jane have the party?", "quest...	The week after Jane's birthday, Barbara and Mary were away. Jane decided to have a late birthday party. She telephoned several friends. She asked some to bring records, some to bring food and others to bring something to drink. She rang another friend to see if she could borrow his record player. She herself bought som...	high5556.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The word \"the\" was used to describe only the leaf." }, "options": [ "The Japanese write the character for tea the same way as we Chinese.", "It was a Chinese Emperor who first found tea very refreshing.", "The word \"the\" ...	The Mandarin Chinese word for "cha" is pronounced "t'e" in certain Chinese dialects . Also the Malay word for the leaf is"the". This word "the" was used to describe both the drink and the leaf. The Japanese character for tea is written exactly the same as the Chinese, though pronounced with a slight difference; so thes...	high4648.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "a police dog" }, "options": [ "a young man", "a policeman", "a police dog", "a good friend" ], "question": "Jack is the name of _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "ans...	Almost everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes reading stories about dogs. I have a friend. The friend has a large police dog. Its name is Jack. Police dogs are often very clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much. One Sunday afternoon ...	high11460.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Keep Up with the Latest Weblish" }, "options": [ "Technology and English", "Keep Up with the Latest Weblish", "Don't Forget English", "The Advantage and Disadvantages of Weblish" ], "question": "The best title f...	With the rapid progress of technology, the English language is changing fast. All the people have to face a choice: either ignore the development of the language and spend the rest of our lives wishing Shakespeare were alive, or keep pace with the Internet age, welcoming the new English which someone has once called We...	high3127.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Medicine." }, "options": [ "Pet.", "Food.", "Medicine.", "Sports." ], "question": "According to the author, in which field can animals be most useful?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "...	A recent survey in the United States showed that the average family spent more money on its pets than on its children. Although rather shocking, it should not surprise anyone who has seen the doggy parlors where loved pets rest. Are Americans unique in treating their little friends in this way? No, the English, too, p...	high11306.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "He believes they play an important environmental role." }, "options": [ "He shows no opinion either for or against them.", "He thinks that they are unnecessary and cruel.", "He believes they play an important environmental ro...	Zoos divide opinion : there are those who think it is cruel to keep animals locked up while others believe zoos are essential for the survival of endangered species. To argue that zoos imprison animals is to misunderstand what zoos are about. Without zoos many of the creatures we love and admire would no longer exist. ...	high3641.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Because her sister was in the house while she was out." }, "options": [ "Because her sister had done that before.", "Because her sister needed the homework.", "Because her sister didn't get along well with her.", "Becau...	One Tuesday, we got up, had breakfast and got ready for school. We picked up our school bags and went to school. I opened my school bag to get my homework after I went into the classroom and sat down. My school homework needed to be handed in. But it was not there! I remembered I had put it in my school bag. I thought...	high18444.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "to prevent models from suffering from eating disorders" }, "options": [ "to change the working conditions of models", "to prevent models from suffering from eating disorders", "to lower the chance of skinny models' death", ...	An Israeli law banning too skinny models went into effect with the start of 2013. The law, approved last March in Israel, requires models to prove they have maintained a Body Mass Index (BMI) of at least 18.5 for three months before a fashion show. That means a woman who is 5'8'' tall can weigh no less than 119 pounds....	high5230.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "it was possible for people to experience computing at home" }, "options": [ "companies' operations were reliable on computer systems", "computing had awareness of people's needs in the context", "people could have access to c...	We have entered a new age of embedded , intuitive computing in which our homes, cars, stores, farms, and factories have the ability to think, sense, understand, and respond to our needs. It's not science fiction, but the dawn of a new age. Most people might not realize it yet, but we are already feeling the impact of ...	high17777.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "People could afford to read books." }, "options": [ "People could afford to read books.", "People became interested in inventing.", "It was still difficult to print all kinds of books.", "Punctuation mark began to be us...	Johann Gutenberg, who worked as a goldsmith , took what had already been discovered, and created a small invention that changed history. He created a machine that allowed him to move small blocks of letters in such a way that written material could be printed and mass-produced. Few people could read before Guttenberg ...	high3899.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "she sang so well that everyone was amazed" }, "options": [ "her hair was untidy and her clothes seemed\njust one step up from rags", "she looks very funny", "she sang so well that everyone was amazed", "she made a fooli...	Susan Boyle was just an ordinary middle-aged British woman before she appeared on the reality show . She lives in a house with her cat Pebbles in a tiny Scottish town. Because of learning difficulties, she doesn't have much education. But what she does have is a very good voice. As a kid, she sang in church and school ...	high10018.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "predictions that haven't come true" }, "options": [ "predictions that have come true", "predictions that haven't come true", "why predictions don't come true easily", "what will technology bring about" ], "quest...	In the future your automobile will run on water instead of gas! You will be able to buy a supercomputer that fits in your pocket! You might even drive a flying car! For each prediction that has come true today, several others have missed by a mile. Many of these predictions didn't consider how people would want to use ...	high22914.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "they're cheap" }, "options": [ "they're popular", "they're convenient", "they're useful", "they're cheap" ], "question": "People buy cell phones for the following reasons except that _ .", "question_type":...	Millions of people are using cell phones today.In many places it is actually considered unusual not to use one.In many countries,cell phones are very popular with young people.They find that the phones are more than a means of communication--having a mobile phone shows that they are cool and connected. The explosions a...	high6739.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "They are not very skillful." }, "options": [ "They look like children.", "They are from Joao Pessoa.", "They are not very skillful.", "They are against human beings." ], "question": "What can we learn about the ...	The end of the 2014 World Cup does not mean the end of the international competition in Brazil. A major football event which is known as RoboCup will be held in the coastal city Joao Pessoa. Teams of robots from around the world will take part in _ and play the game known as soccer in the United States. The robot teams...	high8714.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Some interesting places for kids in Brisbane." }, "options": [ "Brisbane--a beautiful city in Australia.", "How to travel in Brisbane.", "Famous parks and activities in Brisbane.", "Some interesting places for kids in B...	Among the many things that Brisbane , Australia, does really well, the care for kids is the best one. Here is a list of places that will be suitable for your kids. Swimming pools Simple way for happiness: mix kids with water. Of course, this is a choice for the hot summer months. Parks Free outdoor fun: it's suitable ...	high15160.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "CAT Scan" }, "options": [ "Modern X-ray", "Three-dimensional View", "Fast - moving Camera", "CAT Scan" ], "question": "The best title of this passage might be _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" } ...	How can you find out what is going on inside a person' s body without opening the patient up? Regular X-rays can show a lot. CAT scans can show even more. They can give three-dimensional view of body organs . What is a CAT scan? CAT stands for Computerized Axial Tomography(X). It is a special X-ray machine that gets a...	high7427.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "the traffic problems are terrible" }, "options": [ "there are many bikes available", "many people get tired of driving cars", "many other cities have already done so", "the traffic problems are terrible" ], "que...	prefix = st1 /San Francisco is going to do what many other cities have already done --- provide free bicycles to the public. The mayor of San Franciscosupports the bicycle program. He wants to improve the terrible traffic problems in the city. At first, 40 to 60 bikes will be available only to city workers. People will...	high22900.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "bilingual education is not always good to children" }, "options": [ "knowing two or more languages can improve children's skills", "the more languages children know, the better they will be", "children had better not take voc...	On a hot August morning, in a classroom overlooking New York's Hudson River, a teacher guides a group of 3-year-olds completely in Chinese. This is just a language summer camp run by the primary school Bilingual Buds, which offers a year-round course in Chinese as well as Spanish for kids as young as 2. A lot of resear...	high13505.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Providing them with mini carrots or blueberries." }, "options": [ "Providing them with mini carrots or blueberries.", "Keeping them with you when you're dining.", "Supplying them with larger meals or drinks.", "Leaving ...	Does your pet have a slim figure? According to the Association of Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP), about half of all dogs and nearly 60% of all indoor cats are overweight. Larry Kornegay, president of the American Veterinary Medical Association, says he sees an overweight pet nearly every day, and unusually the owner is ...	high15174.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because they prevent teenagers from getting taller and taller." }, "options": [ "Because they make teenagers grow too tall.", "Because they make teenagers get too big.", "Because they prevent teenagers from getting taller and...	The public commonly associates steroid use with big-time athletics. But the drugs may be even more of a menace to teenagers. The synthetic hormones can stunt a young person's growth by prematurely closing the ends of the long bones in the skeleton. That means a 1.7 metre, 15-year-old high school student who uses steroi...	high7433.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "33" }, "options": [ "16", "33", "40", "53" ], "question": "Mrs Young's car was _ years old.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Mrs ...	Mrs Young was eighty. Her husband died when she was fifty - three and he left her an old car he had had for six years. She learned to drive and loved very much. She liked driving very fast, and was proud of the fact that she had never been caught for a driving offence . Then one day she nearly lost her record . A polic...	high11312.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "To memorize President Theodore Roosevelt" }, "options": [ "To be suitable for mass production", "To be easily pronounced by children.", "To meet the advertisers' needs.", "To memorize President Theodore Roosevelt" ]...	The early 1900s were very different from today, when toys were still the delight of children everywhere. Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency marks the beginning of the "Teddy Bear". In the year 1902,toy bears were named "Teddy" after the president's nickname. The Teddy Bear became known worldwide and it was only a few year...	high3655.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "it was a very attractive jacket" }, "options": [ "it was charged at a reasonable price", "it was a very attractive jacket", "he was in great need of clothing", "he was happy to find such a bargain" ], "question"...	One day, when I was in college, a dishonest-looking character approached me in the student union with a leather jacket he wanted to sell. It was a beauty: buttery smooth cowskin, with artfully sewed lines and long leather fringes . I can't remember what the price was, but it was apparently too little for such a jacket...	high5224.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Their families or the government." }, "options": [ "Old people themselves.", "Some kind-hearted people.", "Their families or the government.", "Some non-governmental organizations." ], "question": "In the author...	It was another rainy day, it had stopped raining but the ground was still wet, with this remarkable smell of freshness, I was in the car with my friend, and ahead of us was a pitiful-looking old man, with a walking stick in his hand as it seemed he was having a hard time standing up or barely doing any effort. I have a...	high18450.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Fewer tourists were visiting Hong Kong than before." }, "options": [ "The tourism business was developing quickly", "Fewer tourists were visiting Hong Kong than before.", "It was no longer a popular destination in Asia.", ...	The tourism business in Hong Kong has been through some very hard times. Ten years ago, with all the economic problems in Asia, far fewer tourists were visiting Hong Kong. However, the SAR was still one of the most popular destinations in Asia, and a favored location for international meetings and exhibitions. The ye...	high17763.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Computers have made the job easier." }, "options": [ "More people like animated movies.", "Fewer people like animated movies.", "Computers have made the job easier.", "Computers have made the job harder." ], "qu...	Almost no young people today know who the cartoon character Oswald the Rabbit is, but they certainly recognize his successor, Bugs Bunny. Oswald, Bugs, and hundreds of other characters were created by Walt Disney, perhaps the most famous cartoonist in history. Born in prefix = st1 /Chicagoin 1901, Walt Disney always wa...	high19996.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The mother didn't need to work." }, "options": [ "Both the mother and the father had to work to support the family.", "The father stayed at home taking care of the children.", "The mother didn't need to work.", "A famil...	Mother stayed at home cooking and cleaning while Father left for work. Two or more children took the bus to school. In the evening, all the family members got together at home again. This is what a traditional family was like twenty years ago. But now great changes have happened in British families. As many as 2 out of...	high4884.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "were happy to pass the love they got" }, "options": [ "knew the two young couples", "were happy to pass the love they got", "were always ready to help poor people", "wanted to invite the young people to the meal" ],...	I arrived late one night on a business trip, so I decided to have dinner in the hotel I stayed in. As I was finishing my meal, an elderly couple came in. They were holding hands and had lovely smiles on their faces. They sat three tables from me. I was amazed at the love they showed for each other. It stuck me because ...	high5542.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "we'll be happier if we quit complaining" }, "options": [ "our habits can't be broken", "we'll be happier if we quit complaining", "we can't live without complaining", "we needn't deal with complaining" ], "quest...	Will Bowen is the author of the famous book-A Complaint Free World, and he is a minister With a very simple message: quit complaining. If you do ,you'll be happier and healthier. The goal is to live for 21 continuous days without complaint That's how long it takes to break a habit according to Bowen. In your hands...	high18336.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "the problem with 17-year-olds dropping out of school in England" }, "options": [ "why so many 17-year-olds have dropped out of education", "the troubles facing 17-year--olds across whole England", "how the government helps 17...	England has a longstanding problem with youngsters dropping out of training. Almost half of 17-year-olds in some parts of England have dropped out of fulltime education or training. The statistics show 49% in Thurrock and 44% in Salford have dropped out of school or job training. Across England,31%of 17-year-olds a...	high17005.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "had a cheerful spirit" }, "options": [ "had no influence on his life", "sponsored him to do his business", "had a cheerful spirit", "told everyone how to live a good life" ], "question": "In the writer's opinion...	I was working as an intern at my University's Museum of Natural history when I was an undergraduate in college. One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was kind of perched on her c...	high19028.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "life in the city is different from life in the countryside" }, "options": [ "life in the city is different from life in the countryside", "people prefer living in the city to living in the countryside", "cities have more disa...	Can you imagine exchanging the pleasure of city life for a quiet life in the countryside? Many people want to move from the country to the city because they think that life in the city is more exciting and better than that in countryside, especially young people who like new, modern things. People like popular things a...	high11474.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "he failed to arrange time for a course" }, "options": [ "he failed to arrange time for a course", "he missed a course for lack of money", "he was upset by the bad weather", "he was not satisfied with his resume" ], ...	IF and WHEN were friends. Every week they met and their conversation usually centered on all the things they were going to achieve. This particular Saturday when they met, WHEN sensed that IF was not in a great mood. WHEN questioned IF, "What's wrong with you? You don't seem your usual cheery self?" IF looked at WHEN a...	high20871.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "If a person has a high level of EQ, he will surely succeed in everything." }, "options": [ "Many westerners have a good knowledge of EQ.", "EQ plays an important role in solving social problems.", "EQ can help you read and un...	Emotional intelligence, or EQ, is the ability to read and understand emotions in ourselves and others. It is said that emotional intelligence makes up 80 percent of one's success. Ever since the 1995 publication of US writer Daniel Goleman's best-seller, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, EQ has be...	high8066.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "They will put their cell phone outside before entering the room." }, "options": [ "The way they dress and style their hair must be from the 80s.", "They must leave their cell phone at home.", "They will put their cell phone o...	A family in Guelph, Ontario is spending a year living "in 1982". They're doing it so their kids can see what life was like before technology like iPads, computers and even coffee machines was part of everyday life. They have stopped using all technology from their home and are relying on the things people would have us...	high9378.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Blended learning is an effective learning approach." }, "options": [ "Blended learning is an effective learning approach.", "More and more people will use Internet-based learning materials,", "There are so many different ways...	In an age dominated by new media and the Internet, there are so many alternative ways of learning.Gone are the days when, if we couldn't make it into a classroom, the only real option was to pick up a book, or when audio materials consisted of bad quality cassettes or sporadic radio and TV programmes.With the appear...	high1724.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "a plan turning Mars into a little earth" }, "options": [ "Mars supporting life", "finding water in the Mars", "a plan turning Mars into a little earth", "the necessity of changing Mars" ], "question": "The passa...	The plan: turn Mars into a blue world with streams and green fields, and then fill it with creatures from the earth. This idea may sound like something from a science fiction , but it is actually being taken seriously by many researchers. This suggests the future for the "red planet" will be the main topic for discu...	high13263.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "They have their own complicated contents." }, "options": [ "They have their own complicated contents.", "They have similar story backgrounds.", "They have specific themes for children.", "They have the same characters...	Canadian short story writer Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Eighty-two-year-old Munro is only the 13th woman to win the 112-year-old prize. Munro didn't publish her first collection of short stories until she was 37 years old, but her stories have always been well-received. Lots of her stories share sim...	high9393.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "sends warning messages in advance" }, "options": [ "refers to the sixth sense for danger", "deals with obvious warning situations", "connects the left and right hemispheres", "sends warning messages in advance" ], ...	While some scientists overlook the existence of a sixth sense for danger, a new research from Washington University in St. Louis has discovered a brain area that clearly acts as an early warning system and helps us adjust our behavior to avoid dangerous situations. "Our brains are better at picking up not obvious warni...	high12196.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "he was seriously ill" }, "options": [ "he would retire", "he would move to Pittsburgh", "he was seriously ill", "he was tired of his present job." ], "question": "We can infer that Randy gave his last lecture be...	This week, 46-year-old Randy Pausch said goodbye to his students at Carnegie Mellon University with the last lecture called "How to Live Your Childhood Dreams" on his life's journey and the lessons he's learned. In the lecture, he showed the audience how serious his illness was and admitted it was "an elephant in the r...	high22055.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "To look after his business interests" }, "options": [ "To protect him from his fans", "To look after his business interests", "To help him to change his \"act\"", "So that he can relax" ], "question": "Why must ...	The entertainment profession or "show business" attracts many young people. Unfortunately, only very few can hope to become famous and successful. Talent is not enough, because show business is as competitive as any other business .Without a good manager ,a performer can never hope to succeed .Fashion is important in t...	high1917.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "From their phone conversations." }, "options": [ "From their phone conversations.", "Through introductions.", "In informal conversations.", "By using a mobile phone." ], "question": "How did the author get to kn...	I had five hours in the company of First Great Western(FGW) last weekend, on a train full of passengers, all the way from Cornwall to London. I got to know some of my fellow passengers rather well. Not through talking to them, you understand. There was the youth who was explaining to his friend exactly how he enjoyed a...	high10959.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Reports about sending soldiers to Afghanistan." }, "options": [ "His conscience of being a citizen.", "Reports about sending soldiers to Afghanistan.", "His relatives being killed in the war.", "Getting no reasonable ex...	Dear Editor, Recent reports have indicated an additional 1, 400 Marines are being sent to Afghanistan in the coming weeks. This means it costs over $1 million annually on the ground over there. I do place a higher level of blame on the policymakers who send soldiers off to kill and be killed in the field. I think the h...	high10781.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "It was unnecessary for the man to ask about the price." }, "options": [ "The man shouldn't come to the service station.", "The man didn't need to pay for the work.", "There was no need f to fix the tire .", "It was unne...	One man tells of driving on a long and lonely road, the last 65 miles of it unpaved, in order to watch Indian dances in the state of Arizona.After the dances, he returned to his car only to find that it had a flat tire.He put on the spare and drove to the only service station in that town. "Do you fix flats?" he inquir...	high20642.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "he ignored the importance of mothering to the babies" }, "options": [ "he wanted to prove children are born with ability to speak", "he wanted his nurses to say another language", "he was unkind to the nurses", "he igno...	Is language, like food, a basic human need? Judging from the extreme experiment of Frederick in the 13th century, it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue he told the nurses to keep silent. All the babies died before the first year. But clearly there was more than lan...	high3866.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Last month." }, "options": [ "Last week.", "Last month.", "On Dec. 20, 2006.", "On Apr. 1, 2007." ], "question": "When did the European Commission say that English is not enough by itself for trade?", "quest...	"English may be the global language of business but it is not enough by itself for companies to gain a lasting presence in many markets," the European Commission says in a study published last month. The study collected by the British National Centre for Languages for the EU leader, says over 10 per cent of 2,000 sma...	high20124.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "kindness and weakness" }, "options": [ "age and position", "wealth and ability", "sensibility and humor", "kindness and weakness" ], "question": "For some time, Edward Burton impressed the author most with his_....	Some people seem easy to understand: their character appears obvious on first meeting. Appearances, however, can be deceptive. I shrug my shoulders when people tell me that their first impressions of a person are always right. For my own part I find that the longer I know people, the more they puzzle me. I read in this...	high17788.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "solve their financial problems" }, "options": [ "reduce parents' burdens", "solve their financial problems", "offer kids a wide choice of goods", "improve their students' living conditions" ], "question": "Schoo...	Many parents try hard to protect their kids from TV and Internet advertising. But how can you protect a child from a large fast-food ad painted on her school locker ? Or a toy ad on the side of his school bus? As school budgets get smaller, a growing number of schools in the US are selling, advertising space on locker...	high17950.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "remain alive after" }, "options": [ "remain alive after", "be frightened by", "fight against", "try to get out of" ], "question": "The word \"survive\" appears in the passage several times in different forms. I...	The light is swaying .The building is shaking. A woman with a baby in her arms is trying to open the door, but fails. Finding no way, she rushes into her bedroom and there they _ the earthquake. In a factory building, as the workshop floor swings under the terrible shaking, workers run for safety. Some hide under the...	high22733.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "having few feathers due to old age" }, "options": [ "not having a layer of blubber", "having few feathers due to old age", "having no wetsuit", "others penguins rejecting him" ], "question": "Pierre felt too col...	Pierre is a 25-year-old penguin at the California Academy of Sciences.Due to his old age,he was going bald,which made him feel too cold to swim in the pool.Therefore,biologists at the academy had a wetsuit created for this penguin to help him get back in the swimming pool. Unlike marine mammals,which have a layer of ...	high8933.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Disney characters." }, "options": [ "His commercial sense.", "Disney studio.", "Disney characters.", "Fantasy surroundings." ], "question": "What did Walt Disney want to show in his plan?", "question_type": ...	Walt had a strong commercial sense of what would appeal to the public. Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and finally the other Disney theme parks around the world all came about because Walt Disney insisted that he could build an amusement park that was so much bigger and better than other amusement parks that it shouldn'...	high14281.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Website: www.boatcruises.com" }, "options": [ "Website: www.vancouverlookout.com", "Email: info@vancouverlookout.com", "Website: www.city.burnaby.cb.ca", "Website: www.boatcruises.com" ], "question": "If you wan...	Harbour Cruises LTD. Dining, Sightseeing and Special Events Get on board to experience Vancouver from a different perspective . Join Harbour Cruises Ltd. For Vancouver's only guided tour of the inner harbour, the always popular dinner cruise , or a luncheon cruise through a quiet coastal mountain bay . Special event c...	high8927.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "14" }, "options": [ "14", "16", "18", "20" ], "question": "How old was Lin Dan when he first met Xie Xingfang?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "...	"Super Dan", as top-seeded Lin Dan of China is better known in the badminton world, had his Olympic dream come true after claiming the men's singles gold by beating Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia on August 17 in the Beijing Olympics. His father, Lin Jianbin, said "Super Dan"has waited for four years to get this championshi...	high529.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "unhappy" }, "options": [ "pleased", "unhappy", "embarrassed", "optimistic" ], "question": "The author's attitude to the customers made grandpa _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer"...	Frank was a barber and my grandma Joan was a hairdresser, who moved from London to Rugby and then settled in Cambridge. The worked together in their own shop on Mill Road, and it was above it that my mother and my two older sisters were born. I remember visiting them often at the salon and sitting in the back room eati...	high23439.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Haleakala National Park" }, "options": [ "Ho'okipa Beach Park", "Ohe'o Gulch Pools", "Town of Hana", "Haleakala National Park" ], "question": "If you are afraid of water and want to have fun at dawn , you can po...

When visiting Maui , one of the most beautiful islands in the world , there are so many attractions for you . HALEAKALA Mt. Haleakala towers 10,023 feet high and is one of the two volcanoes that created this incredible Hawaiian isle . Haleakala National Park offers a variety of activities , making it one of the most re...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "To have less food and take more exercise." }, "options": [ "To have operation to cut extra fat.", "To take pills and avoid fatty food.", "To sleep less to burn more calories.", "To have less food and take more exercise....

Eat less and exercise more--it has long been a magic word for reducing those extra weight. But now it seems that all the hard work may have been in vain. Scientists say there are ten other reasons why people just keep getting bigger. They say that sleeping habits, central heating, medicines and even some pollutants c...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "It was on show at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1930." }, "options": [ "It won a prize of 300 pounds.", "The two characters in it posed before the White House.", "It was the first painting by Grant Wood.", "It was on ...

Grant Wood's American Gothic caused a stir in 1930 when it was exhibited for the first time at the Art Institute of Chicago and awarded a prize of 300 dollars. Newspapers across the country carried the story, and the painting of a farmer and a younger woman posed before a white house brought the artist instant fame. In...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "was walking towards his car with his friend" }, "options": [ "was in his late thirties", "served as a car repairman", "had much money in his pocket", "was walking towards his car with his friend" ], "question": ...

I was at a dance club when I was nineteen. One day my new friend walked with me to my car. It was a very cold night. As we were walking to my car, a man walked up to us. Behind him was a woman pushing _ with a child inside who was about 2 years old. The child had only a jacket on and it wasn'tzipped . The man began to...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Because they had little knowledge about the functioning of the body." }, "options": [ "Because magic was an inseparable part of their life.", "Because they had little knowledge about the functioning of the body.", "Because th...

Attempts to understand the relationship between social behavior and health have their origin in history. Dubos (1969) suggested that primitive humans were closer to the animals because they, too, relied upon their instincts to stay healthy. Yet some primitive humans recognized a cause and effect relationship between do...

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My school stood in a big square playground in southeastern South Dakota. One teacher taught all grades, first through eighth. Most grades had only two or three students. Our school day started with the flag pledge . Then the teacher called one grade at a time to the recitation bench beside her desk. She'd check our wor...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Positive." }, "options": [ "Tolerant.", "Conservative.", "Positive.", "Doubtful." ], "question": "What's Dr Flatley's attitude towards the technology?", "question_type": null } ]

Every baby born a decade from now will have its genetic code mapped at birth, the head of the worlds' leading genome sequencing company has predicted. A complete DNA read - out for every newborn will be technically possible and affordable in less than five years, promising a revolution in healthcare, says Jay Flatl...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Northanger Abbey and Persuasion." }, "options": [ "Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park.", "Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.", "Pride and Prejudice and Emma.", "Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion." ], "question...

JANE AUSTEN(1775--1817)is often regarded as the greatest of English women novelists on the strength of her six completed novels.Known particularly for their social comedy and accurate description of human relationships,they are still as widely read today as they have ever been. The seventh child of a country priest ,Ja...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "To see the Statue of Liberty." }, "options": [ "To enjoy roast Beijing duck.", "To taste the finest French coqauvin.", "To spend an evening with Beethoven.", "To see the Statue of Liberty." ], "question": "Which...

If you're looking for the place that has everything, there's only one place to visit, and that's New York. It's a whole world in a city. The World of Theatre: All of New York is a stage. And it begins with Broadway. Where else can you find so many hit shows in one place? Only in New York! The World of Music: Spend an e...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Because it meets teens' need of belonging." }, "options": [ "Because it is popular with teens.", "Because it meets teens' need of belonging.", "Because it is where teens can be themselves.", "Because it provides an oppo...

A clique(,) is a group of friends who hang out together and act in similar ways. Cliques are common feature of the teen years. Members of a clique usually have certain things in common. For example, they might all be good students. Membership in a clique is limited. Not everyone who wants to belong can join. Cliques ca...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "peer pressure exists among people of all age groups" }, "options": [ "peer pressure does kids more harm than good", "math is the most difficult subject for most kids", "kids today are under greater pressure than before", ...

Come on! All of us are cutting math. Who wants to take that quiz? We're going to take a walk and get lunch instead. Let's go!" says the coolest kid in your class. Do you do what you know is right and go to math class, take the quiz? Or do you give in and go with them? People who are at your age, like your classmates, a...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Countries must learn to share water fairly." }, "options": [ "Water conflicts can arise in poor and dry areas.", "Countries must learn to share water fairly.", "What caused water conflicts.", "Water consumption is incre...

Countries must learn to share water fairly if they are to prevent warring over water as population growth and climate change make it ever more scarce. Farming uses 70 percent of the fresh water taken from the world's lakes and rivers and need from farms is set to increase by 14 percent in the next 30 years. Water confl...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "She fed, groomed, and rode her horses at the stables." }, "options": [ "She visited the state website list of parades.", "She took part in parades.", "She fed, groomed, and rode her horses at the stables.", "She spent w...

Renee had been married for a long, long time. Her favorite part of being married was the weekend, when she was with her two horses. On the weekend, Renee was at the stables from morning until dark. She fed, groomed, and rode her horses. She was an excellent rider. She would ride the horses bareback on Saturday, and th...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Moon's gravity or Earth rotation" }, "options": [ "Earth rotation", "gravity from the Earth", "gravity from the Moon", "Moon's gravity or Earth rotation" ], "question": "According to the passage, there would be ...

Many people have wondered what makes the oceans rise and fall on the word's beaches twice a day. Those tides are caused by the force of the Moon's gravity and the rotation of the Earth. Gravity acts on the center of any solid object. The Earth is mostly molten rock, but compared to the oceans, we can think of it as a...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "the public should bear famous people's mistakes" }, "options": [ "the public should bear famous people's mistakes", "the public should be especially strict with famous people", "the media shouldn't only satisfy the public's d...

To the Editor, Re Why a Fallen Angel Is a Centerfold (Sunday Review, Nov. 6): I first met Lindsay Lohan in 1997 when she was 11 and I was the casting director of the film The Parent Trap. I was struck by her talent, fresh charm and innocence the moment I caught sight of her. She was, and remains, a gifted actress an...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "To improve the present living conditions." }, "options": [ "To earn more money and gain awards.", "To be recorded by some special companies.", "To improve the present living conditions.", "To meet the new demands of new...

Human beings are the most intelligent of all animals because we are gifted with the ability to think and reason logically. Scientists and even common people with special intelligence have made a lot of inventions and contributions to modern lifestyle in the past. "Houses" have been the most popular area for discoveries...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "To describe how cyclists are supported in the Netherlands." }, "options": [ "To explain why in Holland cycling isn't eco-friendly.", "To describe how cyclists are supported in the Netherlands.", "To inform us of important cyc...

In the Netherlands,cycling isn't seen as an eco-friendly exercise; it's part of everyday life, as it's people's top choice to school and work. "There are more bicycles than residents in the Netherlands. In cities like Amsterdam and The Hague, up to 70 percent of all journeys are made by bike," said BBC. So how did cyc...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "is short of important nutrients" }, "options": [ "is often small in size", "can produce more than enough crops for Africans", "is short of important nutrients", "has got the attention of scientists around the world" ...

Studies show farmland in Africa is often lacking in important nutrients. But researchers say combining different farming methods may help. Since the world food crisis several years ago, researchers have directed more of their attention to small farms. Most farms in areas south of the Sahara Desert are only about one or...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Edith's appearance prevents Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon from having a conflict." }, "options": [ "Timmie fails to get used to the life in his own time.", "Edith's appearance prevents Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon from having a conflict...

Have you read The Ugly Little Boy? Well, here is the plot. A Neanderthal child is brought to the present day as a result of time travel experiments. Edith Fellowes, a children's nurse is asked to take care of him. She is at first driven back by his appearance, but soon begins to consider him as her own child, learns to...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Be with her." }, "options": [ "Take notes.", "Be with her.", "Buy medicine.", "Give her gifts." ], "question": "What are you advised to do for your mother at doctor's visits?", "question_type": "factiod_ques...

Low-Cost Gifts for Mother's Day Gift No. I Offer to be your mother's health friend. Promise to be there for any and all doctor's visits whether a disease or a regular medical check-up. Most mothers always say "no need," another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctor's visit. The best part ? This one is ...

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There is an English saying :"laughter is best medicine ."Until recently ,few people took the saying seriously .Now however ,doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body .They have found that laughter really can improve people's health . Tests were carried out to study the effects of...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Learned, independent and strict." }, "options": [ "Learned, independent and strict.", "Positive, simple and graceful.", "Hardworking, dependent and tough.", "Kind, determined and lonely." ], "question": "Which o...

When it came to role models, Diana Ortiz said her mother, Marcia Dominguez, was the "hero". Ms. Dominguez came to the United States from Cuba in 1979. She went to college and got a job as a social worker --- all the while raising three children in America mostly on her own. "It was always school first," Diana said, "My...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Unpleasant comments about another person aren't a \"safe\" topic." }, "options": [ "Small talk only happens between strangers.", "When people feel lonely, they will start small talk.", "Unpleasant comments about another perso...

People with many different relationships use small talk. The most common types of people to use small talk are those who do not know each other at all. It is also common for people who are only acquaintances , often called a "friend of a friend", to use small talk. There are certain "safe" topics that people usually m...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The Caribbean is a place where hurricanes occur often." }, "options": [ "There were no hurricanes two centuries ago.", "The Caribbean is a state of the United States.", "The Caribbean is a place where hurricanes occur often."...

For more than two days in September 1974, the people of Honduras shut their windows, locked their doors and covered in their homes. Fifi was outside, and they were frightened. By the time Fifi had left, 8,000 people were dead, Fifi wasn't a pet dog as the name suggests. It was a hurricane, one of the most destructive n...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "shocked" }, "options": [ "shocked", "delighted", "excited", "attracted" ], "question": "Guo Fenglian was _ at the sight of the modern equipment in harvesting when she visited the US in 1978.", "question_...

FROM 1964 to 1978, Dazhai, with a population of 500, was the most famous village in China. Millions of Chinese came to the Shanxi village to visit its terraced fields and "splendid" irrigation systems. It was not until 1978 when Guo Fenglian, head of the village, paid a visit to the US that China's model village foun...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "He traveled a lot when he was a young child." }, "options": [ "He was a pilot in the Royal Air Force.", "He went to eight different schools in Africa.", "He was encouraged to write by his father and stepfather.", "He tr...

Philip Pullman spent a great deal of his childhood traveling abroad because both his father and stepfather were pilots in the Royal Air Force . As a child, he went on several long ocean voyages, and he lived in Africa and in Australia. "Before I was 11 I had been to eight different schools." "In Australia, I made a gre...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "do some repairs" }, "options": [ "do some research", "do some repairs", "be in memory to Columbia shuttle.", "build a space station." ], "question": "The US space shuttle Discovery was sent up mainly to _ .",...

The year 2006 was a busy one for space and technology workers. A planet lost its status and space flights caught the imagination of people around the world. The following is a short list of the major events of the year: _ IBM has built a chip that runs about 100 times faster than the ones we have now. The development ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "An insect." }, "options": [ "A small animal.", "An insect.", "A bird.", "A giant." ], "question": "What is an ant?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, ...

There was once an ant that was very thirsty. It ran here and there looking for some water but could not find any. Then suddenly, when the ant was almost ready to die of thirst, a large drop of water fell on it. The ant drank the water, which saved its life. The water was actually a tear from a young girl who was crying...

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Researchers conducting a study of hospital stays for over two hundred and eighty six thousand older folks found something interesting in their data. The number of hospitalizations for heart disease and stroke went down significantly among a certain group of people at a certain time of year. What folks, and what time of...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Excited." }, "options": [ "Disappointed.", "Excited.", "Worried.", "Proud." ], "question": "How did the author feel when receiving the handwritten letter?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { ...

What's this by my door? A handwritten letter from am old university friend. It stands out among the bills and junk mail like gold. Given its rareness, the Government should be praised for announcing that the new secondary school should include lessons that teach students how to write personal and business letters in th...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "be clear about their main ideas" }, "options": [ "express their personal views", "be clear about their main ideas", "be honest about their true feelings", "give as much information as possible" ], "question": "A...

To understand how Americans think about things, it is necessary to understand "the point". Americans mention it often: "Let's get right to the point." They will say, "My point is..." "What's the point of all this?" The "point" is the idea or piece of information that Americans suppose is, or should be, at the center of...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "when he was going to return." }, "options": [ "soon after he started working in Edinburgh .", "when he got engaged to his sweet-heart .", "after her marriage.", "when he was going to return." ], "question": "The...

A group of travelers were having dinner in a restaurant .While they were eating fish, they began to tell stories about finding valuable stones inside fish . An old man ,who had listened to their conversation quietly ,said at last ,"Now I'm going to tell you a true story of my own .When I was young ,I worked in a large ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "60 years old" }, "options": [ "50 year old", "60 years old", "70 years old", "80 years old" ], "question": "According to the survey, many Chinese people surveyed feel old before they are _ .", "question_t...

A recent survey made by BUPA, an international healthcare provider, shows that 54 percent of Chinese people aged between 45 and 54 consider themselves old, while 28 percent say that the thought of getting old upsets them. 25 percent are afraid of getting old, and a third worry about life in old age. BUPA made the surve...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "the strict headmaster" }, "options": [ "the writer's teacher", "a serious old man", "the strict headmaster", "a naughty boy" ], "question": "\"Mr Ghastly\" must be _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions"...

After an absence of thirty years, I decided to visit my old school again. I had expected to find changes, but not a completely different building. As I walked up the school drive, I wondered for a moment if I had come to the right address. The dirty red brick houses had been swept away. In its place stood a bright, mod...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "By picking up and moving challenging articles." }, "options": [ "By using chopsticks before all the teachers.", "By writing a paper about chopsticks.", "By picking up and moving challenging articles.", "By being asked t...

TOKYO--Applicants to a private high school for girls in Sasebo in southern Nagasaki Prefecture will be asked lo hold and move various small objects including beans and marbles with chopsticks as part of the entrance exam. "This is simply one factor to assess whether these girls can handle chopsticks correctly, which...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Web users would never pay for the websites" }, "options": [ "companies on the Internet would earn a lot of money", "Web users would never pay for the websites", "it was impossible to visit websites for free", "all the c...

The idea of micropayments--- charging Web users tiny amounts of money for single pieces of online content--- was basically put to sleep toward the end of the dot-com boom. In December 2000, Clay Shirky, a professor in New York University's interactive telecommunications program , wrote a manifesto that people still ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Glastonbury Festival" }, "options": [ "Download Festival", "Latitude Festival", "Shrewsbury Folk Festival", "Glastonbury Festival" ], "question": "Which festival is one of the oldest festivals in the UK?", "...

Glastonbury Festival: Time and place: 22nd~26th June, Pilton, Somerse. Recognized as the best summer festival season, Glastonbury is one of the biggest and oldest festivals in the UK. Last year's 40th anniversary was their best ever, even though the supergroup U2 canceled last minute because of Bono injuring his back. ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "ask your money back ." }, "options": [ "ask your money back .", "learn it again for free.", "change your teacher .", "ask Dr.Pimsleur for help." ], "question": "If you can not speak a foreign language in ten day...

How You Can Learn a Language in Only 10 Days Most people recognize the many benefits of learning a foreign language: You can travel to foreign countries and feel comfortable, be a more productive and attractive employee in today's competitive job market, and immerse yourself in the vast cultures around the world. In a...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "wildlife of all kinds returning to large cities to live" }, "options": [ "wildlife of all kinds returning to large cities to live", "falcons in New York , Baltimore , Philadelphia , and Norfolk", "moose running into glass doo...

One thing the tour books don't tell you about London is that 2,000 of its residents are foxes , which fled the city about centuries ago after developers and pollution moved in . But now that the environment is cleaner , the foxes have come home , one of the many wild animals that have moved into urban areas around the ...

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Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling and he learned it soon. So he...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "they use the fishing ways, which destroy the coral reefs" }, "options": [ "they defend their rights of mining the coral reefs too eagerly", "they wake up too late to realize the terrible situation", "they use the fishing ways...

Indonesia's coral reefs are in trouble. Coral mining, Industrial pollution and poisonous agricultural runoff all play a role in their destruction, but the fishermen have been the worst offenders. They not only bomb fish but also poison them with cyanide, an equally destructive practice. The fishermen are also among th...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "When an ant dies, it can tell others using a certain chemical." }, "options": [ "Living ants can also be taken away when they are not moving.", "When an ant dies, it can tell others using a certain chemical.", "A living ant c...

When an ant dies, other ants take it out of the nest, often within an hour after its death. This behavior interests scientists and they wonder how ants know for sure--and so soon--that another ant is dead. One scientist recently came up with a way to explain this ant behaviour. Dong-Hwan Choe is a biologist, a scientis...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "a kind of sea animal" }, "options": [ "a kind of sea animal", "some poisonous animals", "scientists' research into box jellyfish", "the relationship between humans and jellyfish" ], "question": "The text is main...

Box jellyfish are the most poisonous marine animals known to man. They measure 3 meters long and weigh up to 2 kilograms. They are pale blue and transparent in color, and get their name from the cube--like shape of their body, Box jellyfish have 6 eyes on all 4 sides of their body, although it is uncertain how they pr...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "remember words and their meanings" }, "options": [ "put together words of similar meanings", "remember words and their meanings", "show their knowledge of words", "make up lists of related words" ], "question": ...

Scientists say they now have proof to support the old-fashioned advice that it's best to sleep on a problem. They say sleep strengthens the memory and helps the brain organize the masses of information we receive each day. Lead researcher Bob Stickgold at the Harvard Medical School said, "Sleep helps us draw rules from...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "They do not have scientific basis." }, "options": [ "They are pearls of wisdom", "They help us live in healthy ways", "They are well-known theories.", "They do not have scientific basis." ], "question": "What do...

"Hey, don't read in the hallway. Your eyesight will be damaged." You must have heard such warnings many times. Don't read in dim light! This is one of the "pearls of wisdom" that are supposed to help us live a healthy life. Such common beliefs, however, lack scientific basis, according to a paper published recently in...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "If you get something free, you will not treasure it." }, "options": [ "Athletes are too proud to give up.", "Gain is necessary for getting your pain.", "If you get something free, you will not treasure it.", "The author...

It was a beautiful summer afternoon. I happened to be at a local Walmart picking up some stuff for my wife when I laid my eyes on two young ladies. They were walking confidently, with their heads held high, which made me believe that they were involved in some kind of competitive sport. They were wearingT-shirts, at th...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "After her birthday." }, "options": [ "On her birthday.", "After her birthday.", "Before Barbara and Mary left.", "As soon as she telephone her friends." ], "question": "When did Jane have the party?", "quest...

The week after Jane's birthday, Barbara and Mary were away. Jane decided to have a late birthday party. She telephoned several friends. She asked some to bring records, some to bring food and others to bring something to drink. She rang another friend to see if she could borrow his record player. She herself bought som...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The word \"the\" was used to describe only the leaf." }, "options": [ "The Japanese write the character for tea the same way as we Chinese.", "It was a Chinese Emperor who first found tea very refreshing.", "The word \"the\" ...

The Mandarin Chinese word for "cha" is pronounced "t'e" in certain Chinese dialects . Also the Malay word for the leaf is"the". This word "the" was used to describe both the drink and the leaf. The Japanese character for tea is written exactly the same as the Chinese, though pronounced with a slight difference; so thes...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "a police dog" }, "options": [ "a young man", "a policeman", "a police dog", "a good friend" ], "question": "Jack is the name of _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "ans...

Almost everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes reading stories about dogs. I have a friend. The friend has a large police dog. Its name is Jack. Police dogs are often very clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much. One Sunday afternoon ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Keep Up with the Latest Weblish" }, "options": [ "Technology and English", "Keep Up with the Latest Weblish", "Don't Forget English", "The Advantage and Disadvantages of Weblish" ], "question": "The best title f...

With the rapid progress of technology, the English language is changing fast. All the people have to face a choice: either ignore the development of the language and spend the rest of our lives wishing Shakespeare were alive, or keep pace with the Internet age, welcoming the new English which someone has once called We...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Medicine." }, "options": [ "Pet.", "Food.", "Medicine.", "Sports." ], "question": "According to the author, in which field can animals be most useful?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "...

A recent survey in the United States showed that the average family spent more money on its pets than on its children. Although rather shocking, it should not surprise anyone who has seen the doggy parlors where loved pets rest. Are Americans unique in treating their little friends in this way? No, the English, too, p...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "He believes they play an important environmental role." }, "options": [ "He shows no opinion either for or against them.", "He thinks that they are unnecessary and cruel.", "He believes they play an important environmental ro...

Zoos divide opinion : there are those who think it is cruel to keep animals locked up while others believe zoos are essential for the survival of endangered species. To argue that zoos imprison animals is to misunderstand what zoos are about. Without zoos many of the creatures we love and admire would no longer exist. ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Because her sister was in the house while she was out." }, "options": [ "Because her sister had done that before.", "Because her sister needed the homework.", "Because her sister didn't get along well with her.", "Becau...

One Tuesday, we got up, had breakfast and got ready for school. We picked up our school bags and went to school. I opened my school bag to get my homework after I went into the classroom and sat down. My school homework needed to be handed in. But it was not there! I remembered I had put it in my school bag. I thought...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "to prevent models from suffering from eating disorders" }, "options": [ "to change the working conditions of models", "to prevent models from suffering from eating disorders", "to lower the chance of skinny models' death", ...

An Israeli law banning too skinny models went into effect with the start of 2013. The law, approved last March in Israel, requires models to prove they have maintained a Body Mass Index (BMI) of at least 18.5 for three months before a fashion show. That means a woman who is 5'8'' tall can weigh no less than 119 pounds....

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We have entered a new age of embedded , intuitive computing in which our homes, cars, stores, farms, and factories have the ability to think, sense, understand, and respond to our needs. It's not science fiction, but the dawn of a new age. Most people might not realize it yet, but we are already feeling the impact of ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "People could afford to read books." }, "options": [ "People could afford to read books.", "People became interested in inventing.", "It was still difficult to print all kinds of books.", "Punctuation mark began to be us...

Johann Gutenberg, who worked as a goldsmith , took what had already been discovered, and created a small invention that changed history. He created a machine that allowed him to move small blocks of letters in such a way that written material could be printed and mass-produced. Few people could read before Guttenberg ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "she sang so well that everyone was amazed" }, "options": [ "her hair was untidy and her clothes seemed\njust one step up from rags", "she looks very funny", "she sang so well that everyone was amazed", "she made a fooli...

Susan Boyle was just an ordinary middle-aged British woman before she appeared on the reality show . She lives in a house with her cat Pebbles in a tiny Scottish town. Because of learning difficulties, she doesn't have much education. But what she does have is a very good voice. As a kid, she sang in church and school ...

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In the future your automobile will run on water instead of gas! You will be able to buy a supercomputer that fits in your pocket! You might even drive a flying car! For each prediction that has come true today, several others have missed by a mile. Many of these predictions didn't consider how people would want to use ...

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Millions of people are using cell phones today.In many places it is actually considered unusual not to use one.In many countries,cell phones are very popular with young people.They find that the phones are more than a means of communication--having a mobile phone shows that they are cool and connected. The explosions a...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "They are not very skillful." }, "options": [ "They look like children.", "They are from Joao Pessoa.", "They are not very skillful.", "They are against human beings." ], "question": "What can we learn about the ...

The end of the 2014 World Cup does not mean the end of the international competition in Brazil. A major football event which is known as RoboCup will be held in the coastal city Joao Pessoa. Teams of robots from around the world will take part in _ and play the game known as soccer in the United States. The robot teams...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Some interesting places for kids in Brisbane." }, "options": [ "Brisbane--a beautiful city in Australia.", "How to travel in Brisbane.", "Famous parks and activities in Brisbane.", "Some interesting places for kids in B...

Among the many things that Brisbane , Australia, does really well, the care for kids is the best one. Here is a list of places that will be suitable for your kids. Swimming pools Simple way for happiness: mix kids with water. Of course, this is a choice for the hot summer months. Parks Free outdoor fun: it's suitable ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "CAT Scan" }, "options": [ "Modern X-ray", "Three-dimensional View", "Fast - moving Camera", "CAT Scan" ], "question": "The best title of this passage might be _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" } ...

How can you find out what is going on inside a person' s body without opening the patient up? Regular X-rays can show a lot. CAT scans can show even more. They can give three-dimensional view of body organs . What is a CAT scan? CAT stands for Computerized Axial Tomography(X). It is a special X-ray machine that gets a...

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prefix = st1 /San Francisco is going to do what many other cities have already done --- provide free bicycles to the public. The mayor of San Franciscosupports the bicycle program. He wants to improve the terrible traffic problems in the city. At first, 40 to 60 bikes will be available only to city workers. People will...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "bilingual education is not always good to children" }, "options": [ "knowing two or more languages can improve children's skills", "the more languages children know, the better they will be", "children had better not take voc...

On a hot August morning, in a classroom overlooking New York's Hudson River, a teacher guides a group of 3-year-olds completely in Chinese. This is just a language summer camp run by the primary school Bilingual Buds, which offers a year-round course in Chinese as well as Spanish for kids as young as 2. A lot of resear...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Providing them with mini carrots or blueberries." }, "options": [ "Providing them with mini carrots or blueberries.", "Keeping them with you when you're dining.", "Supplying them with larger meals or drinks.", "Leaving ...

Does your pet have a slim figure? According to the Association of Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP), about half of all dogs and nearly 60% of all indoor cats are overweight. Larry Kornegay, president of the American Veterinary Medical Association, says he sees an overweight pet nearly every day, and unusually the owner is ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because they prevent teenagers from getting taller and taller." }, "options": [ "Because they make teenagers grow too tall.", "Because they make teenagers get too big.", "Because they prevent teenagers from getting taller and...

The public commonly associates steroid use with big-time athletics. But the drugs may be even more of a menace to teenagers. The synthetic hormones can stunt a young person's growth by prematurely closing the ends of the long bones in the skeleton. That means a 1.7 metre, 15-year-old high school student who uses steroi...

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Mrs Young was eighty. Her husband died when she was fifty - three and he left her an old car he had had for six years. She learned to drive and loved very much. She liked driving very fast, and was proud of the fact that she had never been caught for a driving offence . Then one day she nearly lost her record . A polic...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "To memorize President Theodore Roosevelt" }, "options": [ "To be suitable for mass production", "To be easily pronounced by children.", "To meet the advertisers' needs.", "To memorize President Theodore Roosevelt" ]...

The early 1900s were very different from today, when toys were still the delight of children everywhere. Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency marks the beginning of the "Teddy Bear". In the year 1902,toy bears were named "Teddy" after the president's nickname. The Teddy Bear became known worldwide and it was only a few year...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "it was a very attractive jacket" }, "options": [ "it was charged at a reasonable price", "it was a very attractive jacket", "he was in great need of clothing", "he was happy to find such a bargain" ], "question"...

One day, when I was in college, a dishonest-looking character approached me in the student union with a leather jacket he wanted to sell. It was a beauty: buttery smooth cowskin, with artfully sewed lines and long leather fringes . I can't remember what the price was, but it was apparently too little for such a jacket...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Their families or the government." }, "options": [ "Old people themselves.", "Some kind-hearted people.", "Their families or the government.", "Some non-governmental organizations." ], "question": "In the author...

It was another rainy day, it had stopped raining but the ground was still wet, with this remarkable smell of freshness, I was in the car with my friend, and ahead of us was a pitiful-looking old man, with a walking stick in his hand as it seemed he was having a hard time standing up or barely doing any effort. I have a...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Fewer tourists were visiting Hong Kong than before." }, "options": [ "The tourism business was developing quickly", "Fewer tourists were visiting Hong Kong than before.", "It was no longer a popular destination in Asia.", ...

The tourism business in Hong Kong has been through some very hard times. Ten years ago, with all the economic problems in Asia, far fewer tourists were visiting Hong Kong. However, the SAR was still one of the most popular destinations in Asia, and a favored location for international meetings and exhibitions. The ye...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Computers have made the job easier." }, "options": [ "More people like animated movies.", "Fewer people like animated movies.", "Computers have made the job easier.", "Computers have made the job harder." ], "qu...

Almost no young people today know who the cartoon character Oswald the Rabbit is, but they certainly recognize his successor, Bugs Bunny. Oswald, Bugs, and hundreds of other characters were created by Walt Disney, perhaps the most famous cartoonist in history. Born in prefix = st1 /Chicagoin 1901, Walt Disney always wa...

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Mother stayed at home cooking and cleaning while Father left for work. Two or more children took the bus to school. In the evening, all the family members got together at home again. This is what a traditional family was like twenty years ago. But now great changes have happened in British families. As many as 2 out of...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "were happy to pass the love they got" }, "options": [ "knew the two young couples", "were happy to pass the love they got", "were always ready to help poor people", "wanted to invite the young people to the meal" ],...

I arrived late one night on a business trip, so I decided to have dinner in the hotel I stayed in. As I was finishing my meal, an elderly couple came in. They were holding hands and had lovely smiles on their faces. They sat three tables from me. I was amazed at the love they showed for each other. It stuck me because ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "we'll be happier if we quit complaining" }, "options": [ "our habits can't be broken", "we'll be happier if we quit complaining", "we can't live without complaining", "we needn't deal with complaining" ], "quest...

Will Bowen is the author of the famous book-A Complaint Free World, and he is a minister With a very simple message: quit complaining. If you do ,you'll be happier and healthier. The goal is to live for 21 continuous days without complaint That's how long it takes to break a habit according to Bowen. In your hands...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "the problem with 17-year-olds dropping out of school in England" }, "options": [ "why so many 17-year-olds have dropped out of education", "the troubles facing 17-year--olds across whole England", "how the government helps 17...

England has a longstanding problem with youngsters dropping out of training. Almost half of 17-year-olds in some parts of England have dropped out of fulltime education or training. The statistics show 49% in Thurrock and 44% in Salford have dropped out of school or job training. Across England,31%of 17-year-olds a...

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I was working as an intern at my University's Museum of Natural history when I was an undergraduate in college. One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was kind of perched on her c...

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Can you imagine exchanging the pleasure of city life for a quiet life in the countryside? Many people want to move from the country to the city because they think that life in the city is more exciting and better than that in countryside, especially young people who like new, modern things. People like popular things a...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "he failed to arrange time for a course" }, "options": [ "he failed to arrange time for a course", "he missed a course for lack of money", "he was upset by the bad weather", "he was not satisfied with his resume" ], ...

IF and WHEN were friends. Every week they met and their conversation usually centered on all the things they were going to achieve. This particular Saturday when they met, WHEN sensed that IF was not in a great mood. WHEN questioned IF, "What's wrong with you? You don't seem your usual cheery self?" IF looked at WHEN a...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "If a person has a high level of EQ, he will surely succeed in everything." }, "options": [ "Many westerners have a good knowledge of EQ.", "EQ plays an important role in solving social problems.", "EQ can help you read and un...

Emotional intelligence, or EQ, is the ability to read and understand emotions in ourselves and others. It is said that emotional intelligence makes up 80 percent of one's success. Ever since the 1995 publication of US writer Daniel Goleman's best-seller, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, EQ has be...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "They will put their cell phone outside before entering the room." }, "options": [ "The way they dress and style their hair must be from the 80s.", "They must leave their cell phone at home.", "They will put their cell phone o...

A family in Guelph, Ontario is spending a year living "in 1982". They're doing it so their kids can see what life was like before technology like iPads, computers and even coffee machines was part of everyday life. They have stopped using all technology from their home and are relying on the things people would have us...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Blended learning is an effective learning approach." }, "options": [ "Blended learning is an effective learning approach.", "More and more people will use Internet-based learning materials,", "There are so many different ways...

In an age dominated by new media and the Internet, there are so many alternative ways of learning.Gone are the days when, if we couldn't make it into a classroom, the only real option was to pick up a book, or when audio materials consisted of bad quality cassettes or sporadic radio and TV programmes.With the appear...

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The plan: turn Mars into a blue world with streams and green fields, and then fill it with creatures from the earth. This idea may sound like something from a science fiction , but it is actually being taken seriously by many researchers. This suggests the future for the "red planet" will be the main topic for discu...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "They have their own complicated contents." }, "options": [ "They have their own complicated contents.", "They have similar story backgrounds.", "They have specific themes for children.", "They have the same characters...

Canadian short story writer Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Eighty-two-year-old Munro is only the 13th woman to win the 112-year-old prize. Munro didn't publish her first collection of short stories until she was 37 years old, but her stories have always been well-received. Lots of her stories share sim...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "sends warning messages in advance" }, "options": [ "refers to the sixth sense for danger", "deals with obvious warning situations", "connects the left and right hemispheres", "sends warning messages in advance" ], ...

While some scientists overlook the existence of a sixth sense for danger, a new research from Washington University in St. Louis has discovered a brain area that clearly acts as an early warning system and helps us adjust our behavior to avoid dangerous situations. "Our brains are better at picking up not obvious warni...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "he was seriously ill" }, "options": [ "he would retire", "he would move to Pittsburgh", "he was seriously ill", "he was tired of his present job." ], "question": "We can infer that Randy gave his last lecture be...

This week, 46-year-old Randy Pausch said goodbye to his students at Carnegie Mellon University with the last lecture called "How to Live Your Childhood Dreams" on his life's journey and the lessons he's learned. In the lecture, he showed the audience how serious his illness was and admitted it was "an elephant in the r...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "To look after his business interests" }, "options": [ "To protect him from his fans", "To look after his business interests", "To help him to change his \"act\"", "So that he can relax" ], "question": "Why must ...

The entertainment profession or "show business" attracts many young people. Unfortunately, only very few can hope to become famous and successful. Talent is not enough, because show business is as competitive as any other business .Without a good manager ,a performer can never hope to succeed .Fashion is important in t...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "From their phone conversations." }, "options": [ "From their phone conversations.", "Through introductions.", "In informal conversations.", "By using a mobile phone." ], "question": "How did the author get to kn...

I had five hours in the company of First Great Western(FGW) last weekend, on a train full of passengers, all the way from Cornwall to London. I got to know some of my fellow passengers rather well. Not through talking to them, you understand. There was the youth who was explaining to his friend exactly how he enjoyed a...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Reports about sending soldiers to Afghanistan." }, "options": [ "His conscience of being a citizen.", "Reports about sending soldiers to Afghanistan.", "His relatives being killed in the war.", "Getting no reasonable ex...

Dear Editor, Recent reports have indicated an additional 1, 400 Marines are being sent to Afghanistan in the coming weeks. This means it costs over $1 million annually on the ground over there. I do place a higher level of blame on the policymakers who send soldiers off to kill and be killed in the field. I think the h...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "It was unnecessary for the man to ask about the price." }, "options": [ "The man shouldn't come to the service station.", "The man didn't need to pay for the work.", "There was no need f to fix the tire .", "It was unne...

One man tells of driving on a long and lonely road, the last 65 miles of it unpaved, in order to watch Indian dances in the state of Arizona.After the dances, he returned to his car only to find that it had a flat tire.He put on the spare and drove to the only service station in that town. "Do you fix flats?" he inquir...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "he ignored the importance of mothering to the babies" }, "options": [ "he wanted to prove children are born with ability to speak", "he wanted his nurses to say another language", "he was unkind to the nurses", "he igno...

Is language, like food, a basic human need? Judging from the extreme experiment of Frederick in the 13th century, it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue he told the nurses to keep silent. All the babies died before the first year. But clearly there was more than lan...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Last month." }, "options": [ "Last week.", "Last month.", "On Dec. 20, 2006.", "On Apr. 1, 2007." ], "question": "When did the European Commission say that English is not enough by itself for trade?", "quest...

"English may be the global language of business but it is not enough by itself for companies to gain a lasting presence in many markets," the European Commission says in a study published last month. The study collected by the British National Centre for Languages for the EU leader, says over 10 per cent of 2,000 sma...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "kindness and weakness" }, "options": [ "age and position", "wealth and ability", "sensibility and humor", "kindness and weakness" ], "question": "For some time, Edward Burton impressed the author most with his_....

Some people seem easy to understand: their character appears obvious on first meeting. Appearances, however, can be deceptive. I shrug my shoulders when people tell me that their first impressions of a person are always right. For my own part I find that the longer I know people, the more they puzzle me. I read in this...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "solve their financial problems" }, "options": [ "reduce parents' burdens", "solve their financial problems", "offer kids a wide choice of goods", "improve their students' living conditions" ], "question": "Schoo...

Many parents try hard to protect their kids from TV and Internet advertising. But how can you protect a child from a large fast-food ad painted on her school locker ? Or a toy ad on the side of his school bus? As school budgets get smaller, a growing number of schools in the US are selling, advertising space on locker...

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The light is swaying .The building is shaking. A woman with a baby in her arms is trying to open the door, but fails. Finding no way, she rushes into her bedroom and there they _ the earthquake. In a factory building, as the workshop floor swings under the terrible shaking, workers run for safety. Some hide under the...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "having few feathers due to old age" }, "options": [ "not having a layer of blubber", "having few feathers due to old age", "having no wetsuit", "others penguins rejecting him" ], "question": "Pierre felt too col...

Pierre is a 25-year-old penguin at the California Academy of Sciences.Due to his old age,he was going bald,which made him feel too cold to swim in the pool.Therefore,biologists at the academy had a wetsuit created for this penguin to help him get back in the swimming pool. Unlike marine mammals,which have a layer of ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Disney characters." }, "options": [ "His commercial sense.", "Disney studio.", "Disney characters.", "Fantasy surroundings." ], "question": "What did Walt Disney want to show in his plan?", "question_type": ...

Walt had a strong commercial sense of what would appeal to the public. Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and finally the other Disney theme parks around the world all came about because Walt Disney insisted that he could build an amusement park that was so much bigger and better than other amusement parks that it shouldn'...

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Harbour Cruises LTD. Dining, Sightseeing and Special Events Get on board to experience Vancouver from a different perspective . Join Harbour Cruises Ltd. For Vancouver's only guided tour of the inner harbour, the always popular dinner cruise , or a luncheon cruise through a quiet coastal mountain bay . Special event c...

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"Super Dan", as top-seeded Lin Dan of China is better known in the badminton world, had his Olympic dream come true after claiming the men's singles gold by beating Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia on August 17 in the Beijing Olympics. His father, Lin Jianbin, said "Super Dan"has waited for four years to get this championshi...

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Frank was a barber and my grandma Joan was a hairdresser, who moved from London to Rugby and then settled in Cambridge. The worked together in their own shop on Mill Road, and it was above it that my mother and my two older sisters were born. I remember visiting them often at the salon and sitting in the back room eati...

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